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Bank-by-bank internship and graduate programme application deadlines for 2012 and 2013
It’s September and that means it’s prime graduate and internship application season. As we keep saying, banks think there’s a link between the calibre of applications and how quick s… more →
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Investment banks’ graduate interview questions - UPDATED
wrote 5 months ago: What will you be asked if you interview with an investment bank, either as a graduate or as an inter … more →
Everything you need to know about the strategic priorities and redundancies at six of the investment banks you’re thinking of joining out of university
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re joining an investment bank later this year, either as a full time graduate hire or as an i … more →
RBS is still interviewing graduates and is endeavouring to honour its student offers
wrote 1 year ago: As people have mentioned, it’s not a great year to have received an offer – either as an intern or a … more →
Investment banks in the UK expect to hire 2,700 graduates this year, on median salaries of £45k
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wrote 1 year ago: Strangely, perhaps, investment banks in the UK are both hiring more graduates and paying their gradu … more →
These are some of the banks that still have places on their graduate programmes for 2012
wrote 1 year ago: In most cases, deadlines for graduate applications in 2012 have passed. However, banks still have a … more →
Bank-by-bank internship and graduate programme application deadlines for 2012 and 2013
wrote 6 months ago: It’s September and that means it’s prime graduate and internship application season. As … more →
GUEST COMMENT: Investment banks’ career websites are works of fiction
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wrote 7 months ago: No one in banking has ever had a “day in the life” like careers websites tell them. In fact, these s … more →
GUEST COMMENT: May I suggest a win-win solution for investment banks with serious cultural deficiencies
wrote 9 months ago: News of Pearson’s latest initiative got me thinking … Here is a FTSE 100 business with a broad … more →
This year's Association of Graduate Recruiters' summer review was more depressing than ever about graduate jobs in investment banks
wrote 9 months ago: The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) always has a tendency to be a little depressing when it … more →
GUEST COMMENT: If you’ve studied at a geek university like Imperial, are you necessarily restricted to quant jobs in finance?
wrote 10 months ago: This is for anyone from Imperial and other similar geeky universities like MIT, UMIST, Stanford and … more →
Your investment banking internship and graduate job questions answered by an experienced credit trader
wrote 11 months ago: Q: Hi, I’m interning in trading this summer. What are the most common traits you see in successful … more →
These are the banks that few UK students want to work for, and where it should be easiest to find a graduate job
wrote 11 months ago: There was a time, back in 2009, when UK students studying business subjects really wanted to work fo … more →
UK university students have suddenly discovered that actuarial careers are a good, solid bet
wrote 1 year ago: Something has happened. Actuarial careers, long known as a highly-paid, stable, quite unpopular and … more →
The UK’s most employable and money-oriented students attend these universities
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wrote 1 year ago: There are two things out today which suggest where you should have gone/be going to university in th … more →
Two economics professors describe how investment banks lure their students, and why students should resist
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wrote 1 year ago: Joris Luyendijk, the anthropologist and journalist who’s been interviewing bankers and their friends … more →
Unsurprising survey suggests graduates have been accepting unappealing financial services jobs out of desperation
wrote 1 year ago: Given that front office jobs are hard to come by and there comes a point when you have to bite the b … more →
Nomura’s head of recruitment says new UK immigration rules haven’t affected his ability to hire Russian graduates
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re a Russian student who wants to go and work in the UK after graduation, life is harder than … more →
As banks contemplate apprenticeships for school leavers, they're also going out of their way to attract the attention of A level students who might join as graduates
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wrote 1 year ago: In the olden days, banks were notoriously full of traders who’d left school at 16 and brought … more →
You should probably avoid Scottish universities if you want to be an international financier
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re a student with aspirations to become a global financial services professional, you m … more →
